Dota: Becoming a God Starting with Dragon Knight

After an unknown amount of time, Li Ming woke up in excruciating pain.

"Where is this?"

He found himself lying in a thick patch of grass, the soft grass like a fine mattress, supple and bouncy.

But the pain in his body told him that this was not a place for him to rest.

"Didn't I just get off work and was on my way home? How did I end up here?"

The tall grass, reaching about a meter in height, is clearly not something that urban greenbelts can have.

"Ouch~ That hurts!!"

Just thinking about it for a moment gave him a splitting headache, as if someone was drilling into his head with an electric drill.

Li Ming rolled on the ground, clutching his head, blood splattering everywhere and staining the surrounding weeds a bright red.

In a daze, images appeared in his mind.

"Damn this incredible luck, did I just time-travel?"

He remembered that he had encountered the Great Fortune Celestial Venerable who ran a red light on his way home from get off work, and unsurprisingly, he was given a one-way ticket through time.

The original owner of this body was a herbalist who went to a small secret area near the city to collect herbs today. He accidentally stumbled upon two giant dragons fighting and was caught in the aftermath of their battle, tragically losing his life there.

"There's no more sound of fighting outside. Those two dragons have probably finished their battle. I need to find some medicine to stop the bleeding, or I might die again!"

Although the body's owner has changed, the injuries remain.

After the ordeal, the bleeding from the wounds on his body has decreased, but this does not mean that his body is recovering; rather, it means that he has very little blood left in his body.

The only good thing is that his nerves have become numb, his brain has adapted to the pain in his body, and he is able to move around a little.

Li Ming struggled to his feet and began searching around.

The original owner of this body was a herbalist and had some medical knowledge. After he transmigrated, he inherited some of it. As long as he found a hemostatic herb, he could treat his wounds, which should be easy.

"Life-Severing Grass, Dragon Flame Flower, Red Blood Root, Life-Severing Grass..."

Following his body's memory, he quickly found several precious magical herbs, each of which could make the original owner a small fortune.

but......

"Where's the hemostatic herb? Why isn't there any hemostatic herb? Isn't this secret realm supposed to be abundant in hemostatic herb? How come there isn't a single one left!"

Frustrated, Li Ming threw away the potion in his hand and rushed to another herb-gathering area, frantically pushing aside the bushes and searching.

However, they still couldn't find a single hemostatic herb. Instead, they found quite a few hemostatic herbs that had evolved into the life-severing herb, but unfortunately, the life-severing herb is a highly poisonous herb for ordinary people.

"It's a dragon! Yes, it must be them!"

A little-known fact from deep within my memory came to mind: when higher-order organisms stay in one place for a long time, they subtly change the environment there, and may even lead to the evolution of surrounding life.

The situation is now clear: the dragons the original owner saw did not enter by chance; they, or one of them, have been here for some time, which caused the herbs in the secret realm to evolve into potions.

This was good news for other herb gatherers, but for Li Ming at this moment, it was an extremely desperate situation.

"Damn it, God didn't send me through this journey just to experience a new way to die!"

Li Ming refused to accept his fate. He squeezed out the last bit of strength in his body and kept searching for herbs in the grass that could heal his injuries.

Just before he was about to exhaust himself, a rainbow of light came into view.

It was a thin booklet lying under the grass. Apart from the sheen on its surface, it looked unremarkable, like a notebook someone had casually made.

Li Ming paused for a moment, then took a deep breath and squeezed out a bit of strength from his body to reach for the booklet with difficulty.

The seven-colored light indicated that the booklet contained at least demigod-level power, which was naturally beyond the capacity of his body to withstand.

But so what?

At worst, it's just death!

Could it get any worse?

However, if this power is healing, he can survive; this is his only chance now.

As soon as he got his hands on the booklet, a seven-colored light spread across his body.

Li Ming felt as if he were holding a lava core in his hand. Endless heat flowed into his body through his palm, melting everything inside him, and the last bit of power within him vanished.

"Why--"

[Exceptional rules detected, initiating absorption...]

[Dota system is activating...]

[System binding in progress...]

[Module loading...]

An electronic voice suddenly rang in his mind, the heat stopped burning, and a sliver of strength surged forth from his exhausted body.

Li Ming opened his eyes, and a virtual screen appeared in front of him, displaying a familiar interface.

[Host]: Li Ming

[Level]: Level 1

[Attributes]: Strength (0.8), Agility (1.1), Spirit (1.9)

[Hero Template]: None (Optional +)

[Skills]: None

[Talent]: None

With a thought, the plus sign expanded, and a familiar scene appeared.

"Dragon Knight!"

Dragon Knight, a common tanky late-game hero in Dota, is a typical example of someone who can both withstand damage and deal damage. He is very familiar with this hero.

"So, if I choose this path, I can become a dragon knight?"

The thought of the Dragon Knight's innate healing ability rekindled a glimmer of hope in Li Ming's despairing heart. He trembled as he lightly tapped the Dragon Knight icon on the panel.

The image of the dragon knight transformed into a ball of light and entered his body. His previously numb nerves suddenly returned to normal, and excruciating pain instantly spread throughout his body.

Li Ming's vision went black, and he fainted again.

A burst of light emanated from his body, enveloping him and forming a cocoon of light.

Inside the cocoon of light, Li Ming's body and soul were broken down into the most basic life particles under the domineering energy. Then the energy turned gentle, and the life particles danced hand in hand with the surrounding energy, cheering and leaping for joy.

Wisps of black impurities precipitated from within the particles, turning into wisps of smoke and disappearing. The form of the life particles gradually changed; they sublimated and transformed within the energy, until they were no longer ordinary matter...

Li Ming felt himself fall into a soft, warm embrace. The pain from his wounds subsided under the caress of a pair of invisible hands, and finally, he fell into a deep sleep.

As the morning sun shone on the forest once more, Li Ming awoke from his slumber, stretched lazily, and relaxed his curled-up body.

Last night he had a wonderful dream. He dreamt that he returned home, had dinner with his parents, played games in his bedroom for a while after dinner, and finally fell into a good sleep in bed. He dreamt that he got married and had children, worked hard to pay off his mortgage and car loan, and traveled all over the country with his wife in his later years.

"If it weren't for that bus, if I had been more careful while walking, perhaps this would have been my life!"

He looked at the surrounding bushes, lowered his head in disappointment, and sighed.

A dream is just a dream; that seemingly ordinary, warm harbor has now become unattainable.

"No, my hands... what's wrong with my body...?"

When he looked down and saw his own body, beast claws, beast feet, and the thick scales covering his entire body, Li Ming exclaimed in surprise.

All of this indicates that his body is no longer human.

"No, I remember I chose the Dragon Knight, not the Beast Knight, right?"

Shocked, Li Ming couldn't help but move his body to check if it was a hallucination.

He felt a strange sensation behind him. He turned around and saw a pair of fleshy wings on his back slowly flapping.

This scene calmed his restless heart somewhat.

"So, I've turned into a dragon?"